The Middleborough Sachems will head out on the road to square off against the Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, Middleborough didn't have quite enough to beat Sandwich and fell 4-2.
Meanwhile, Somerset Berkley Regional faced Durfee in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Somerset Berkley Regional's pitcher stepped up to hand Durfee a 1-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Somerset Berkley Regional.
The result came thanks to Landon Richardson's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Somerset Berkley Regional's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Teasdale, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Middleborough has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season. As for Somerset Berkley Regional, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4.
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